Hannibal Lecter TV Series Coming to NBC

Break out the fava beans and a nice Chianti, NBC has found its Hannibal Lecter.
Denmark's Mads Mikkelsen, best known to audiences on this side of the Atlantic for playing the Bond villain Le Chiffre in 2006's "Casino Royale" and a warrior in "Clash of the Titans," nabbed the coveted role as the cannibalistic serial killer; the prime time drama "Hannibal" is debuting some time next season.
NBC picked up a 13-episode order for "Hannibal," based on the serial killer from Thomas Harris' novels that was made famous on screen by Anthony Hopkins in 1991's Academy Award-winning "The Silence of the Lambs."
It's a boon time for the 46-year-old actor, who also landed the right to harangue Chris Hemsworth as the main bad guy in the upcoming, "Thor 2." Mikkelsen also just won the Best Actor prize at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival for his turn as a man accused of child molestation in Thomas Vinterbergâ€™s "The Hunt."
The series, written and executive-produced by Bryan Fuller ("Heroes"), will follow the cat-and-mouse game between the brilliant Dr. Hannibal Lecter and FBI agent Will Graham, the protagonist of Harris' novel "Red Dragon."